Clothes-wringer



W. J. CONLON.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.25, l9l5- 1,375,.1 30. Patented Apr. 19, 192

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- il zfiesses: [flvenbr M Q W Walter J 0022M specification of renew Patent. Pat nted Apr, as, 192a.

Application aiea march at, me; serial H0. iaaeo.

l y invention relates to clothes wringers and is concerned with an attachment there for in the nature of a guard for preventing the catching of ones fingers in between the \vring'er rolls. This guard attachment 1s so constructed as not to interfere 1n any way with the wringing of clothes and is also so formed that it may readily be moved from one side of the wringer to the other so as to provide forpassing the clothes therethrough in either direction.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevat1onal View of a wringer having my attachment applied thereto. a I

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the plane of the line 3, 3, of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and a Fig. 4 is an isometric view showing the attaching mechanism.

My invention is not concerned with the precise construction. of the wringer so a very general description thereof will sufiice. The frame-work 5' is composed of the u right members 6, 6, and the cross piece 7, securely fastened together, the upright members being adapted for attachment to a tub or the container of a washing machine. The upright members 6, 6, are slotted, as illustrated at 8 in Fig. 2, and the bearings 9, 9, for the roller shafts 10, 10, are mounted inthese slots. This arrangement permits of the vertical adjustment of the rollers and. springs 11, 11,- are provided, to hold the rollers together. These springs may be ad- .justed in their tension by means of the adjusting screws 12, 12, and a releasing mechanism 13, with theoletails of which we need not here be concerned, may also be provided. Each of the shafts 10, 10, carries the roller 14c and upon each roller the usual rubber covering 15 is provided. The shaft of the lower roller is extended beyond the sides of the corresponding u ri hts 6 and is rov ded with the square d incl 16 to which either a handle or an electric motor may be applied. Secured to the inner face of each ofthe uprlglits 6 beneath the rollers, is a drip spout 17 which conducts any water drlpping from the ends of the rollers into the rocking water shed 1.8, this water shed being mounted upon a pivot 19 so that it may be thrown either way to direct. the dripping water 1n the direction desired.

Upon the front and back faces of each of the uprights 6, sockets 20, 20, are provided, these sockets forming the su porting means for the attachment, which l shall now descrihe. The sockets 20 are illustrated in detail in Fig. f. f

The attachment is in the form of two I guiding boards which form a hopper shaped structure which, when mounted in place, leads to the contact surfaces of the rollersd The lower board 21 is mounted at each end in a frame piece 22, constructed at the hottom with a ill-shaped channel 23 to receive the board. Upon the outside of each of these frame pieces a bracket 24: is provided,-

the bracket being L-shaped and having its leg in the form of a key 25. This key is adapted to fit in the socket 20, as is clearly evident from Fig. 4e. With the two brackets properly supported in their respective sockets, the board 21 will slope upwardly to a point close to the rolls and at the contactlng surfaces thereof, which arrangement 15 clearly shown in Fi 3. Each of the supporting members-22 is provided with an v upwardly extending part 26, at the upper end of which a channel shaped supporting member 27 is pivoted at 28. The two channel shaped supporting members 27 support the top board 29, which slopes downwardly toward the rolls, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Extending upwardly from each of the brackets 24- is a rod 30 upon which a collar 31 isheld by means of a set-screw 32. A bracket 33 is secured to the corresponding member 27 by means of rivets 34 and the arm 35. of this bracket is bifurcated, as illustrated in Fig. 4:, so that the rods 30 may pass through the tangs thereof. A spring 36, of helical form, rests upon a washer 37, which in turn rests upon the bracket 33, it being understood that the bracket 33 passes around the rod 30 above the collar 31. Above the 36 so as to accommodate the passage of the machine.

. sible to pass spring 36 another washer 38 is provided and above this collar 39 is held by means of a set-screw 40. It will now be seen that under normal conditions the board 29 is maintained in its lowermost position by reason of theengagement of the bracket 33 with .the collar 31 which may be adjusted to the ferted to hold'the board 29 in 1ts initial position, and that if the board 29 is raised it is raised against the tension of this spring. When the parts are in their normal position, as shown in Fig. 3, the space between the inner end of the top board and the inner end of the bottom board is such that it is imposones finger therethrough. It is sufiicient, however, to feed clothes therethrough and to the engaging rolls. Once the clothes are caught by the rolls, which can be carried out byfeeding just so much of a garment, for instance, as will not require the raising of the top board, the application of ones finger is no longer necessary. owever, the pull of the operating rolls is sufficient to draw the garment through the wringer and if parts of the garment are thicker than can pass through the normal space between the two boards, the top board will rise against the tension of the springs garment. The tension of the springs 36, 36, is so adjusted as to make it impossible to raise the top board by merely pushing ones finger or fingers into the space between the two boards. In this way it is impossible to have the fingers reach the contacting and engaging surfaces of the rolls. This tension, of course, is easily overcome by clothes being drawnthrough the uards by the action of the rolls, so that t e proper wringing of the clothes is not interfered with. In feeding clothes to the wringer it is, of course, very simple to push a thin portion of a garment for instance through the space between the two boards and into the engaging zone between the two rolls. In this way the clothes are grasped while the fingers are at a safe distance from the rollers.

It will be readily seen that the attachment can be moved from one side of the wrin er to the other, which is particularly desira le when the wringer is applied on a washing The supporting. member 22 is preferably provided with the side flange 41 so as to guard the water running ofi.

. I claim as new and desire to secure by "Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a clothes wringer having a' pair of cotiperating rollers, and a hopper shaped guard leading to said rollers, one wall of said hopper shaped guard being members,

movable independently of the movement of the rollers to vary the outlet of said hopper at said rollers.

2. In combination, a clothes wringer having a pair of cooperating rollers, and a hopper shaped guard leading to said rollers, the feed opening of said guard at said rollers being normally limited in size but being enlargeable independently of the movement of the rollers, and spring means to resist enlargement of the opening in the hopper.

3. In combination, a clothes wringer having a pair of cooperating rollers, and a hopper shaped guard leadln to said rollers, the feed opening of sai guard at said rollers, being normally limited in size but being enlargeable independently of the movement of the rollers by the passage of clothes therethrough, said feed opening being above the lower side of the hopper.

4. In combination, a clothes wringer having a pair of cooperating rollers, and a hopper shaped guard leading to said rollers, the feed opening of said guard at said rollers being normally limited in size but ing a pairof cooperating rollers, and a guard .composed'of two boards inclined.toward eachother and leading to said rollers, one of said boards being pivoted and held in normal position by spring tension.

6. In combination, a clothes wringer having a pair of cooperating rollers and a guard composed of two boards inclined toward each other and leading to said rollers, one of said boards being rigidly secured to a frame, the other of said boards being pivotally mounted to said frame and held in normal position by spring tension.

7. In combination, a clothes wringer having a pair of cooperating rollers, a guard composed of two boards inclined toward each other and leading to said rollers, one of said boards being mounted between two channel members, the other of said boards being mounted between two other, channel the first mentioned two channel members being rigidly secured to brackets, said brackets being adapted to fit into sockets mounted on either side of the frame of the wringer, rods secured to said brackets and provided with adjustable upper and lower collars, the second mentioned two channel members being pivotally secured to supports carried by said first mentioned channel members, brackets mounted on said second. mentioned channel members, said brackets being normally held down on the lower of said collars by a spring mounted on said rod and held under tension by the l 5. In combination, a clothes wringer'having a pair of cooperating rollers and a guard composed of two members inclined toward each other and leadin to said per shaped guard leading to said rollers,

one side of said guard being rigidly secured to a frame, said frame adapted td engage sockets mounted on either side'of the mam frame of the wringer, the other side of said guard being pivotally secured to said first mentioned frame and held in normal position under spring tension.

10. In combination, a clothes wringer having a pair of cooperating rollers and a hopper shaped guard leading to said rollers, one side of said guard being rigidly secured to a frame, the other side of said guard being pivotally mounted to said frame, the feed opening of said guard at said rollers being normally limited in size but enlarge able by the drawin of clothes therethrough under the pull of t e rollers.

11. In combination, a clothes wringer having a pair of cooperating rolls, a hopper shaped guard comprising an upper board or plate, a lower board or plate, said boards or plates diverging upwardly and downwardly respectively from the bite of the rolls, said boards or plates being. normally slightly separated and being yieldably mounted with respect to each other to permit greater separation.

12. In combination, a frame, a pair of rolls on the frame, a guard composed of two boards or plates,one board or plate being inclined upwardly toward the bite of the rolls and the other being inclined edge of the inner en downwardly toward the bite of the rolls, said boards or plates bein mounted on said frame, one of said boar s .being yieldably mounted with respect to the other, said boards or plates having an opening between them adjacent the bite of the rolls to permit of the introduction of the edge of an article into the bite of the rolls without permitting the fingers of the operator passing therethrough.

13. In combination, a frame, a pair of rolls in the frame, a guard in front of said rolls, said guard comprising a board or plate rigidly secured to the frame, and a second board or plate yieldably mounted at an angle to the first board or plate to form a trough.

14:. In combination, a frame, a pair of rolls on the frame, a guard in front of said rolls having an upwardly inclined lower wall and an upper guard wall, the upper of the lower wall being on substantially the level of the top line of the lower roll, and the upper board being yieldingly held toward the lower board to permit the passage of articles to be operated u on.

15. n combination, a frame, a pair of rolls on the frame, a guard in front of said rolls having a fixed lower upwardly inclined wall ending on substantially the level of the top line of the lower roll, and. spaced therefrom, and a yieldingly held downwardly inclined upper wall which, together with the lower wall, forms a roll guard having a normally limited delivery opening space from said rolls.

In witness whereof,I h'ereunto subscribe my name this 17th day of March, A. D. 1915.

WALTER J. CONLON.

Witnesses LESLIE W. FRIGKE, Emrnsr W. Rarannn. 

